Dog Shot By Officer

This would be almost comical if the dog hadn’t gotten hurt in the chaos. It sounds like the Keystone Cops making a Jackass movie.

Thanks to Lynn Hartke for sending in this Boston.com article!

Opossum clash ends with arrest, dog shot

SAN DIEGO –A dispute that began over the capture of an opossum in a residential neighborhood ended with police shooting a Rottweiler and arresting a man after stunning him with a Taser gun.

A fight broke out in the Talmadge area of San Diego after a resident saw a large opossum running in the area Tuesday and asked a maintenance worker to corral the feral animal, prompting a call to police.

An officer at the scene shot a Taser gun at one man who became combative, according to police reports.

The man removed the barbs and fled through a neighboring yard, where a Rottweiler allegedly came at the officer. The officer fired several shots in self-defense, police said.